ผลของการให้ความรู้ตามหลักพิตส์เพื่อส่งเสริมความรอบรู้ด้านสุขภาพ ต่อการจัดการตนเองในผู้สูงอายุโรคความดันโลหิตสูง

Abstract

Promoting health literacy are important for older persons with hypertension leading to appropriate self-management. This experimental research aimed to investigate the effect of PITS-based education to enhance health literacy on self – management among older persons with hypertension. The participants were older persons with hypertension attending three sub-district health promoting hospitals in Phayao province. Fifty – four participants were randomly selected and 27 participants were equally assigned into either the control or the experimental group. The experimental group was given group education four times, twice a week and one session for individual education. A total of five educational sessions were conducted in three weeks. The control group was given routine care. The research instruments used in this study were a teaching plan, the health literacy manual for older persons with hypertension, a hypertension disease video, an understanding personal perception scale, and a health literacy for older persons with hypertension questionnaire. The collecting data tools used in this study were a demographic and illness data recording form and self – management behavior for older persons with hypertension questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t – test and dependent t – test. The results showed that the mean score for self-management of older persons with hypertension receiving PITS-based education was higher than that for those receiving routine care (p < .01), and higher than before, at a significant level (p < .01). The results of this study indicate that PITS-based education can enhance health literacy and self-management among older persons with hypertension. Health care professionals can apply this education to enhance self-management for this group.